Jewish community failed
over abuse (The Age,
Melbourne) Feb 21 - As Melbourne's Jewish congregations gather in synagogues for
Saturday's Sabbath, many feel shattered and shamed by the grim truths exposed
during hearings of the Royal Commission into Institutional Child Sexual Abuse.

Religious
Violence

Police blame Danish
native in terror spree (The Age,
Melbourne) Feb 16 - Copenhagen: After killing a Danish film director in a Saturday
afternoon attack on a Copenhagen cafe and then a Danish Jew on night guard at a
synagogue, the 22-year-old gunman responsible for Denmark's worst burst of
terrorism in decades unleashed a final fusillade outside a four-story apartment
building before dawn Sunday.

Also:
IS beheadings: Christian
Copts killed in Libya (news.com.au) Feb 16 - EGYPT has launched seven airstrikes against Islamic State targets in
Libya after the extremist group released a grisly video showing the beheading
of several Coptic Christians it had held hostage for weeks.

ISIS: By our clicks we
give oxygen to terrorists(Sydney Morning Herald) Feb 16 – (Opinion: Peter Hartcher) The barbarians of so-called Islamic State
are succeeding in inspiring acts of deadly violence in a lengthening list of
countries, including Western ones.

India PM slams religious
violence after church attacks (The
West Australian) Feb 17 - New Delhi (AFP) - India's Hindu nationalist Prime Minister Narendra
Modi Tuesday promised a crackdown on religious violence and freedom of worship
for all faiths after a series of attacks on churches.

Barack Obama unveils
programs to fight lure of Islamic State, extremist groups (The Age, Melbourne) Feb 19 - Washington: President Barack Obama on Wednesday outlined his
administration's efforts to counter what he calls "violent extremism"
in a speech to law enforcement, community and religious leaders gathered to
discuss how to prevent groups like Islamic State from recruiting disaffected young
people.

Also:
Obama rejects as 'ugly
lie' notion that West at war with Islam (The West Australian) Feb 20 - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama on Thursday urged
countries to tackle violent Islamist militancy around the world and rejected as
"an ugly lie" suggestions that the West was at war with Islam and
embroiled in a clash of civilizations.

Also:
Obama cites Sydney siege
in summit speech (news.com.au) Feb 20 - US President Barack Obama has cited the deadly Sydney siege in a
speech to world leaders and officials at a Washington DC summit aimed at countering
violent extremism.

Pakistan terror wave
sparks rare criticism of Saudi Arabia (The West Australian) Feb 21 - Islamabad (AFP) - Pakistan and Saudi Arabia have long enjoyed close
relations, but Islamabad's new-found resolve for fighting the root causes of
extremism has seen the Gulf state come in for rare criticism.